Bruno Haible <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Test results on MacOS X 10.5.2 and MacOS X 10.3.9: > > - On MacOS X 10.5.2: All coreutils tests pass, and all gnulib tests pass! > On this platform, perl 5.8.8 is used. > > This is an improvement over version 6.11. Why not mention it in NEWS: > "On MacOS X 10.5, 'cp -p some-fifo some-file' failed while trying to copy > the permissions from the some-fifo argument."
Thanks for the testing and suggested NEWS addition. Here's what I've pushed: Subject: [PATCH] NEWS: mention that cp -p copies permissions more portably Based on wording suggested by Bruno Haible. --- NEWS | 4 ++++ 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 8cee7f5..833112a 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*- chcon, runcon: --help output now includes the bug-reporting address + cp -p copies permissions more portably. For example, on MacOS X 10.5, + "cp -p some-fifo some-file" no longer fails while trying to copy the + permissions from the some-fifo argument. + id with no options now prints the SELinux context only when invoked with no USERNAME argument. -- 1.5.6.rc0.30.g51263 _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
